#1940

AlliedArmour

AlliedArmour

“If we have to depend on the Angus Workshops to win the war, I am afraid it will be another ten years.” So said an unknown officer in October 1941,

Band_of_Brothers_101st

EasyCompany506t

Remembering nurse Augusta Chiwy who passed away Aug 23, 2015. Augusta risked her life many times in many ways during the Battle of the Bulge when she worked in the

Torsten Kathke

torstenkathke

On #SophieScholl's 100th birthday, a somewhat personal reflection on what she did, what it meant to me from an early age, and how history can and should be a personal

Pulp Librarian

PulpLibrarian

Quick Q: were you in the Puffin Club? Then I have a thread for you...Today in pulp I present a brief history of Puffin Books! #InternationalChildrensBookDay Noel Carrington launched Puffin

Helen Roberts

HelenR864

For my story about @CWGC headstone this week, I will take you to the Devizes Road Cemetery in #Salisbury. Sadly this week the story relates to a group of headstones

Wyatt, Austere Deplorable

Western2A

A little over two decades later, America’s entry into WWII came when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, killing over 2,400 American servicemen and civilians.https://twitter.com/Nimron6/status/1246911609903165444 But far from

Miss Andry ✊🏽

The_BKC

Now on #IpMan3 and let me say isnt this suppose to be 1940 ish?!?!? Joint look like modern day...I’m pretty sure is Mike Tyson throwing me offhttps://twitter.com/the_bkc/status/1286873477333614592 Ip Man done

Key Barrett, MSc

KeyBarrettMSc

By now, a lot of us have seen the meme about carrying a jackass on their backs in times of crisis. That is, find the jackass in your life and

Diego Castañeda

DiegoCastaneda

Ayer debido a la muy buena gráfica de @isauroLR sobre Gini y PIB per capita en México https://twitter.com/isauroLR/status/1164646831734714368?s=20 vi una buena discusión sobre la evolución de la desigualdad en México,

Dr Robert Bohan Artist

RobertBohan

Thread: One of the mendacious claims of the far right is that they want free speech & to protect culture. In fact they want hate speech to dehumanise minorities &

WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK

JANUSZCZAK

There's been lots of stuff in the papers about people dreaming more than they usual during the Great Lockdown. I certainly have. Over the centuries, art has seen plenty of

Steve Worrell

steve_worrell

The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_ConstitutionIn

Carmen

carmondos

Eglantine Perreaux: BAD ASS!Settle in for a short but AMAZING story about an amazing woman: an artist, a WWII revolutionary, a baker. (link at end) Born Feb 2, 1912 in

Amy Lutz

amylutz4

THREAD: Let me tell you all about the devastating case of the MS St. Louis, which arrived in Havana #OTD in 1939, a sad tale of American inaction during the

Keiko 🇯🇲

GolferGirl305

There's this common misperception that Black people have no invented anything so I'm about to dispel that with a thread of Black inventors.The son of a slave, with only an

Peter DeCaprio

cppinvest

1/ In addition to the speculation surrounding ARK’s concentrated positions, there also has been much discussion on Twitter of her recent trend toward buying her own funds. You’ll be happy